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... propositions like ' the square root of 2 is irrational ' or ' the angles of a plane triangle amount in total to 180 degrees ' we may be persuaded to accept as certain by a process of proof in which these propositions are shown to be the ...
... propositions like ' the square root of 2 is irrational ' or ' the angles of a plane triangle amount in total to 180 degrees ' we may be persuaded to accept as certain by a process of proof in which these propositions are shown to be the ...
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... propositions ; these are complex mental contents whose distinguishing character is that they must be either true or false . Propositions are the units of our knowledge in the sense that we cannot know anything more primitive than a ...
... propositions ; these are complex mental contents whose distinguishing character is that they must be either true or false . Propositions are the units of our knowledge in the sense that we cannot know anything more primitive than a ...
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... propositions and no new points of interest arise . Yet the doctrine of propositions throws a good deal of light on Locke's theory of knowledge . This doctrine is presented in the form of an analysis of the different types of proposition ...
... propositions and no new points of interest arise . Yet the doctrine of propositions throws a good deal of light on Locke's theory of knowledge . This doctrine is presented in the form of an analysis of the different types of proposition ...
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
The Aim and Method of Lockes Theory | 23 |
Ideas and Experience | 41 |
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